Nagpur: A seven-day delay in initiating action against the Gujarat-based contractor held responsible for a woman’s electrocution in Auliya Nagar has drawn sharp criticism from the Opposition in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).Leader of Opposition and local corporator Sanjay Mahakalkar alleged that the contractor was being shielded by NMC brass despite a departmental inquiry blaming…
Nagpur: Widespread violations of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), prepared by the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) to ensure scientific restoration of excavated roads, have left motorists negotiating uneven, damaged and unsafe roads across large parts of the city.VNIT drafted the SOP during the tenure of then municipal commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari to restore roads…
Nagpur: Following a week of sustained reporting by TOI since July 2, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday initiated its first punitive action in the electrocution death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan by slapping a Rs 5-lakh penalty on Gujarat-based M/s Das Infrastructure Pvt Ltd — the contractor accused of damaging an underground…
Nagpur: Following a week of sustained reporting by TOI since July 2, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday initiated its first punitive action in the electrocution death of 60-year-old Afroz Begum Azim Khan by slapping a Rs 5-lakh penalty on Gujarat-based M/s Das Infrastructure Pvt Ltd — the contractor accused of damaging an underground…
Nagpur: Barely months after the return of the elected general body, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is witnessing the emergence of parallel administrative inspection centres, sources said. The development has resulted in senior officials spending a significant part of their duty hours attending back-to-back review meetings instead of supervising field work.Municipal commissioner Vipin Itankar has…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) electrical department’s report has left the ‘heart attack’ theory in tatters and left three departments — NMC, Nagpur police, and GMCH forensics — red-faced as their attempt to shield a Gujarat-based contractor stands exposed in the death of a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum, who fell in an electrified water-filled…
Nagpur: As Special Intensive Revision (SIR) gathers pace, rural Nagpur has emerged as the frontrunner while urban areas continue to pose the bigger challenge owing to frequent migration and changing addresses. To bridge the gap, the district administration has decided to strengthen coordination between the election machinery and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), particularly its…
NMC Serves Notices For Razing 48 Unsafe Buildings After Fatal Wall Collapse Nagpur: Nearly a week after a 52-year-old man was killed in a parapet wall collapse near Gitanjali Square on June 29, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has intensified its crackdown on dilapidated and unsafe structures across the city.Following the tragedy at Narayan Chambers,…
Nagpur: Thousands of students of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) schools are likely to continue attending classes barefoot as the civic body is yet to provide shoes and socks even after the academic session has begun. The delay comes while NMC is pursuing an ambitious plan to upgrade its schools.At a special meeting of the education…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) allegedly deprived its employees of nearly 9 crore in pension contributions in 2024-25 alone by failing to implement a state govt order increasing the employer’s contribution under the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (DCPS) from 10% to 14%, according to an audit by the Office of the Principal Accountant General.The…
